[ANNOUNCE] Apache Flink 1.6.1 released

[Till Rohrmann]

The Apache Flink community is very happy to announce the release of Apache Flink 1.6.1, which is the first bug fix release for the Apache Flink 1.6 series.

Apache Flink® is an open-source stream processing framework for distributed, high-performing, always-available, and accurate data streaming applications.

The release is available for download at: https://flink.apache.org/downloads.html

Please check out the release blog post for an overview of the improvements for this bug fix release: https://flink.apache.org/news/2018/09/20/release-1.6.1.html

The full release notes are available in Jira: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12315522&version=12343752

We would like to thank all contributors of the Apache Flink community who made this release possible!

Cheers,

Till